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Components feeding apparatus

US4704792A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 17, 1986
Grant dateNov 10, 1987
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53478
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an electronic component mounting apparatus comprises a component feeding section including a feeding table unit loaded with several types of electronic components which feeding table unit is adapted to laterally reciprocate on a base, and stopping at a predetermined position thereby to feed the components continuously to a transfer mechanism, the transfer mechanism for absorbing the electronic components and mounting them on a board on an X-Y table on the other side, the X-Y table fixing and stopping the board to a predetermined position, and a board transport section for transporting the board onto the X-Y table for delivering the board having the electronic components mounted thereon, a component feeding apparatus wherein the component feeding table unit of the component feeding section is divided into a plurality of feeding tables each adapted to be moved individually on a straight line by a drive mechanism, the apparatus further comprising means for moving the table to a predetermined position in opposed relationship with the transfer mechanism in resonse to a command from the control unit.

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